Ethiopian refugees fleeing from the ongoing fighting in Tigray region, queue for water, at the Fashaga camp, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Kassala state, Sudan November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Fighting between Ethiopia’s military and regional forces from the northern Tigray region is seriously destabilising the East African and Horn region and hostilities should

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani. The Treasury will try to push wealthy countries and multilateral lenders like the World Bank to cancel part of Kenya’s ballooning public debt, reflecting concerns about the burden of paying creditors from taxes that have been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic. In a November paper titled Post Covid-19 Economic

Photo/Somali Times According to sources told Somali Times Villa Somalia has confirmed that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has expressed support for the Ethiopian federal government’s operation in the Tigray region. The president met with Ethiopian national security adviser Gedu Andargachew at the presidential palace yesterday, according to a statement from the Ethiopian foreign ministry. Meanwhile,

Other soldiers from convoy injured in attack in Lower Shabelle region rushed to hospital Six members of Somalia’s Danab special forces were killed in an al-Shabaab bomb attack late Monday, security forces in the Horn of Africa nation confirmed to local media. A vehicle ferrying US-trained soldiers ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in

The Pakistani prime minister made headlines last week when he revealed that Islamabad has been under pressure from some “friendly” nations to recognize Israel. Although he stopped short of naming them despite being repeatedly asked whether they were Muslim or non-Muslim countries, many believe Imran Khan was referring to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Berlin, Germany on 21 February 2020 [Abdulhamid Hoşbaş/Anadolu Agency] Saudi Arabia wants to be part of any deal between the incoming US administration and Iran, Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan told America’s CNBC on Saturday. Bin Farhan said that any deal with Iran would

Photo/Somali Times By Vanda Felbab-Brown With many focused on the dangerous conflict in Ethiopia, Somalia is facing a triple security crisis. If unaddressed, it could severely jeopardize the country’s halting progress. As I’ve written previously, the first crisis is that Ethiopia’s instability and ethnic strife harm Somalia’s security. The second, discussed here, is upcoming parliamentary

Photo/Somali Times Ethiopian national security adviser Gedu Andargacho’s has arrived in Mogadishu, where he met with President Farmajo, delivering a message from Abiy Ahmed. Mr Gedu Andargacho arrived in Mogadishu today and was welcomed at the airport by Presidential Security Adviser Abdi Said Mohamed Ali and Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia Jamaudin Mustafa. Ethiopian Ambassador to

Photo/Somali Times Candidates for the presidency of Somalia have expanded their conference in Mogadishu, with new officials joining them. Speaker of parliament Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman and his first deputy Abdiweli Sheikh Ibrahim Mudey joined the conference. The conference has been taking place for the past three days at the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu. The

In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 file photo, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend a weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, in London. Boris Johnson’s office said late Saturday Nov. 21, 2020, there are plans to end the England-wide lockdown as scheduled on Dec.